The Importance of Fitness and Exercise

In this chapter, they discuss the importance of fitness and exercise, particularly in relation to the speaker's personal experience with heart surgery. They share how their doctors advised them to walk after the surgery and how they took it to the extreme by walking 11,000 steps three days after the operation. They then talk about their continued commitment to fitness, averaging 18,000 steps a day since getting medical clearance. They also mention how fitness trackers were promoted by companies as a way to incentivize employees to be active and reduce health insurance costs.